All stories by Logan Culwell-Block on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Anika Noni Rose, Aisha Jackson Will Co-Star in Encores! Wonderful Town by Logan Culwell-Block

The Broadway favorites will be sisters Ruth and Eileen in the Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

R. Jahan and Noah Pyzik Will Lead Staged Reading of James Baldwin Play Baldwin et Lucien by Logan Culwell-Block

Jahan, who has also written the work, will star as Baldwin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM

New Dramatists Will Honor Redwood's Tina Landau, Idina Menzel at Spring Luncheon by Logan Culwell-Block

The Shubert Foundation will also receive the Isobel Konecky Award.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:24AM
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Video: See the Cast of The Wiz Tour Perform 'Ease on Down the Road,''Be a Lion,' and More by Logan Culwell-Block

After a tour and a Broadway run, the hit musical is going back on the road.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PM

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Wicked Continues to Defy Gravity As Snow Falls on Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The long-running favorite topped the chart of highest grossers by more than $700,000.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM

Jeremy O. Harris' Spirit of the People Sets World Premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival by Logan Culwell-Block

The work is part of a season themed around Glass Menagerie playwright Tennessee Williams.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM

Watch: Adam Lambert Sings 'I Don't Care Much' on The Tonight Show by Logan Culwell-Block

The American Idol star is in Broadway's Cabaret revival opposite Auli'i Cravalho through March 29.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM

Elizabeth Stanley, Jon-Michael Reese, More Will Star in Adam Gwon Musical All the World's a Stage Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

Keen Company is giving the work a world premiere, directed by Jonathan Silverstein.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM

Betty Gilpin Says She Did 'A Lot of Bad Plays' Before Oh, Mary! by Logan Culwell-Block

The Glow star is playing Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's hit play at the Lyceum Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Trump Says Richard Grenell Will Be Named Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center by Logan Culwell-Block

The Trump administration official's appointment comes as the president continues a leadership shakeup at the formerly bipartisan Washington, D.C. institution.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Watch: Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas Sing 'Goodbye Until Tomorrow' in The Last Five Years Music Video by Logan Culwell-Block

The duo are co-starring in the Jason Robert Brown's upcoming Broadway premiere, beginning at the Hudson Theatre in March.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:54AM
Monday, February 10, 2025

Hannah Cruz Will Co-Star in Merrily We Roll Along Film by Logan Culwell-Block

Ben Platt, Paul Mescal, and Beanie Feldstein are leading the project, filming over decades.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PM

Grindr Date 2-Hander As Time Goes By Sets Off-Broadway Premiere by Logan Culwell-Block

Ephraim Birney and Joel Meyers will star in Danny Brown's new play at 154 Christopher Street.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

The Travel Agency Launching Cannabis Products Aimed at Broadway Fans by Logan Culwell-Block

The Broadway-connected cannabis dispensary has launched an online guide with everything cannabis users need to know before taking in a show.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

Miscast25 Will Honor Sheryl Lee Ralph by Logan Culwell-Block

Cole Escola, Aaron Tveit, and more will perform at the annual favorite concert, a fundrasier for Off-Broadway's MCC Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

Photos: See Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters, More in Rehearsals for Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends by Logan Culwell-Block

The revue began its pre-Broadway engagement in Los Angeles February 8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM

Halle Bailey-Led Pharrell Williams Movie Musical Indefinitely Shelved, Will Not Be Released by Logan Culwell-Block

The film, which had completed filming, was to have featured songs by Pasek and Paul.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM

Full Casting Revealed for Upcoming Shucked U.K. Premiere by Logan Culwell-Block

The corn-y musical comedy is headed to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM

Jonathan Bailey Is Richard II in London Beginning February 10 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Wicked film star is playing the title role in a new production directed by two-time Tony winner Nicholas Hytner at London's Bridge Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02AM
Saturday, February 8, 2025

She's Back! Alaska Returns to Drag: The Musical February 8 by Logan Culwell-Block

The RuPaul's Drag Race star also co-created the musical, continuing its Off-Broadway run at New World Stages.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Begins Pre-Broadway Run in Los Angeles February 8 by Logan Culwell-Block

Tony winners Lea Salonga and Bernadette Peters headline the concert celebrating the work of the late musical theatre legend.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM
Friday, February 7, 2025

Brown/Trinity Acting and Directing MFA Programs Put on Indefinite Pause by Logan Culwell-Block

The programs will continue to operate until all current students have completed their programs.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PM

Will Van Dyke-Jeff Talbott Musical Fuzzy Sets World Premiere at Barrington Stage by Logan Culwell-Block

The Massachusetts company's newly announced summer season also includes Mario Correa's N/A, Rajiv Joseph's King James, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM

Watch: Schmigadoon! Becomes a Stage Musical at The Kennedy Center by Logan Culwell-Block

Alex Brightman, Sara Chase, Kevin Del Aguila, and more star in the satire of Golden Age musicals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM

Photos: Idina Menzel Gets In the Leaves in Broadway's Redwood by Logan Culwell-Block

New production shots give a first look at the Wicked Tony winner's new musical at the Nederlander Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM

Conversations With Mother Begins Off-Broadway February 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle star in the new semi-autobiographical work from Matthew Lombardo about a mother and her gay son.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

Swept Away Broadway Cast Album Releases Digitally February 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Wayne Duvall, John Gallagher Jr., Adrian Blake Enscoe, and Stark Sands lead the cast of the Avett Brothers musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Broadway Community Crowdfunding Vision Care for Christine Pedi by Logan Culwell-Block

Producers Tom and Michael D'Angora have launched a GoFundMe aiming to raise $20,000 for the Broadway and cabaret icon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PM

Tamika Lawrence, Lisa Helmi Johanson Joining Drag: The Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway musical is getting some new casting as original leading lady and co-creator Alaska readies to return as Kitty Galloway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PM

Tamika Lawrence, Lisa Helmi Johnson Joining Drag: The Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway musical is getting some new casting as original leading lady and co-creator Alaska readies to return as Kitty Galloway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM

Floyd Collins' Upcoming Broadway Debut Isn't About Why Now—It's Why Always by Logan Culwell-Block

After 30-year careers in the theatre, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau are returning to their first major work, created when they were in their 20s.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM